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This is NOT the actual bracket for the CIF-SS Inland Division football playoffs, or how I think it should be. Rather, it’s my prediction of how the bracket will come out.
We’ll see if I’m right about how CIF is thinking. Brackets come out on Sunday. Let me know what you think. Corona Santiago and Norco could potentially be swapped as well.

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As it turned out, some of the league titles games were a little anticlimactic. I saw REV dismantlle Yucaipa 48-0 in a game that was 48-0 less than 20 minutes into the game and was a running clock in the second half.

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Here are this week’s prep football predictions. Stay tuned for the final scores. Also, my predictions on how some of the CIF divisions brackets will look come Sunday.
First, the ones for the league title:

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The big football game between two undefeated teams, Yucaipa and REV, is offering a presale on tickets. Tickets for the game, played at Yucaipa on Thursday, will be available at both schools all week.
I think weather should be better than last week so get your tickets early.

Also, Yucaipa is hosting its first round girls volleyball playoff contest on Tuesday. That 1A match against Villa Park, has been changed to a 6 p.m. start instead of the standard 7 p.m. playoff start.

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The CIF-SS girls volleyball playoff pairings came out on Saturday.
Rim of the World is the only county team to get a seed, nabbing the No. 1 seed for 3A, while Citrus Belt League champion Yucaipa got a draw worthy of its No. 6 ranking in 1A.
Here is a list of matchups involving county teams:
All matches are scheduled for 7 p.m.

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Not a week of big matchups. Next week is much bigger. This week, we’ll be looking to see if weather has a factor and if teams can stay on track for next week’s matchups: Cajon-Carter, Yucaipa-Redlands East Valley, Summit-Kaiser, Citrus Valley-Rubidoux among them.

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In a game that featured plenty of offense and little defense, Riverside Patriot (3-6, 1-3) pulled away in the fourth quarter for a wild 54-40 Sunkist League victory over Bloomington (4-5, 0-4) on Thursday. These were two teams who won’t be in the playoffs, but very much wanted to win.

The game featured:
Six lead changes, the last coming in the first minute of the fourth quarter.
Only 1 punt between the 2 teams, and only 1 turnover.
A total of 22 first downs and 458 yards of total offense by Patriot and 15 first downs and 400 yards of total offense by Bloomington.
A pair of 200-yard rushers: Nano Martinez of Patriot (28 carries, 201 yards, five rush TDs, 1 receiving TD), Johnta Carter of Bloomington (24 carries, 237 yards, three TDs, one 2-point receiving conversion)
Patriot converting seven of eight third-down chances, and Bloomington converting six of 10.
lA total of 106 yards in penalties by Bloomington and 52 by Patriot.
A mess for point-after conversions. Bloomington was 2 of 3 kicking extra points and 1 of 3 on 2-point conversions. Patriot was 2 of 5 kicking extra points and 2 of 3 on 2-point conversions.